tampa’s downtown quick facts
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Designing for Mobility Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs when you don’t have good Infrastructure (or $) for either!. Tampa’s Downtown Quick Facts. Land area 760 acres (220 blocks) Workforce 50,000+ Office Space 9.4 Million Sq. Ft. Art & Cultural Centers 9 Students 9,000 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Designing for MobilityDesigning for MobilityBicycle and Pedestrian Programs when you don’t have good Infrastructure (or $) for either!
Land areaLand area 760 acres (220 760 acres (220 blocks)blocks)
WorkforceWorkforce 50,000+ 50,000+ Office SpaceOffice Space 9.4 Million Sq. Ft. 9.4 Million Sq. Ft. Art & Cultural CentersArt & Cultural Centers 9 9 StudentsStudents 9,000 9,000 Residents within 3 miles 98,000+Residents within 3 miles 98,000+ Residents in DowntownResidents in Downtown 4,300+ (est.) 4,300+ (est.) Parking spacesParking spaces 25,000+ 25,000+ Bike lanes/trailsBike lanes/trails 7 7
Tampa’s Downtown Quick Tampa’s Downtown Quick FactsFacts
Special Services District
I. I. Design/Policy/PlanningDesign/Policy/Planning
Complete Streets Design and operate entire roadway with all users in mind379 regional and local jurisdictions + 26 states have adopted ordinance or policy.
Design/Policy/Planning
NACTO urban bikeway design guidelinesProvide cities with solutions that can help create complete streets that are safeand enjoyable for bicyclists.
Lanes, intersections, signals, bike boulevards, cycle tracks, etc.
Free Webinars and resources.
Design/Policy/Planning
Walk Friendly Communities
America Walks received funding from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to bring workshops, technical assistance and other support services to local communities. Steps to a Walkable Community: A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Engineers.
This resource serves as the basis for a series of webinars, phone discussion groups, trainings, and walking campaign walkshops™.
Design/Policy/Planning
Bicycle Friendly Community
The Bicycle Friendly Community Program provides incentives, hands-on assistance, and award recognition for communities that actively support bicycling.
The League named 24 new and 25 renewing BFC during the 2012 Spring BFC awards.
Minneapolis has reached the Gold level!
Design/Policy/Planning
Walk Score/Transit Score/Bike Score
Downtown Minneapolis got a 95 out of 100
Downtown Tampa was most walkable at 82.
Nearby suburb scored a dismal 36!
Design/Policy/Planning
Walkable 101: The Walkability Workbook
Free set of documents and slide presentations providing guidance on everything needed to:
organize community walkability workshops, conduct walkability audits and prioritize changes for a better built environment.
Design/Policy/Planning
Tampa Example- Walk/Bike Plan
Result of 2009 Comprehensive Plan Update – encourage growth in “mixed-use corridors and villages”.
Review past studies to ID, prioritize feasible bike/ped projects and put business plan in place for completion.
Projects either Complete Streets re-configuration (6) or stand-alone (20).
Design/Policy/Planning
Tampa Example- (con’t)Walk/Bike Plan
Projects identified/prioritized by this effort will be used to: Allocate City tax revenues (i.e. local option gas tax, capital infrastructure sales tax).
Identify right-of-way needs and opportunities within City, County, and FDOT resurfacing projects and other public works projects.
Identify projects along the major road network eligible for Federal “Enhancement” funds or Federal Highway Safety Program funds.
Design/Policy/Planning
II. Education/AdvocacyII. Education/Advocacy
Tampa BayCycle – bike advocacy campaign
Funded by FL Dept. of TransportationActive website and Facebook pageGrant used for bike safety gear, free bike safety
classes, event support, etc.“Words for Wheels” essay contestBike to Work Rides
Education/Advocacy
Low Cost Bike Racks
Parking meter bike rack
Student Art racks
Education/Advocacy
WalkWise/BikeSmart Funded by FL DOT15 to 45 min presentationTips for pedestrians, cyclists and driversEnforcement campaign as well
Green Artery Downtown area neighborhood-led campaign to connect via safe walk/bike pathsIdentify, expand and enhance a trail system
between neighborhoods
Education/Advocacy
III. EventsIII. Events
Events
Mobility Market Feb. 2010
Do the Local Motion Do the Local Motion
Combining Fitness with Culture and Community Combining Fitness with Culture and Community
*Bi-weekly free guided*Bi-weekly free guided
walking tourswalking tours
*Walker feedback*Walker feedback
soliticedsoliticed
*Highlights downtown *Highlights downtown
businessbusiness
*Averaged 69 people*Averaged 69 people
per walk!per walk!
Events
Urban Restaurant ToursUrban Restaurant Tours Sponsored by downtown bike shopSponsored by downtown bike shop Introduces new riders to cyclingIntroduces new riders to cycling Mini bike-safety workshop offered prior to Mini bike-safety workshop offered prior to
rideride Great exposure for downtown restaurantsGreat exposure for downtown restaurants
Events
Mobility Awareness TourMobility Awareness Tour Partnered with groups wePartnered with groups we
hadn’t worked withhadn’t worked with
Invited transportation engineersInvited transportation engineers
and plannersand planners
Very “eye-opening”Very “eye-opening”
experienceexperience
Events
National Park(ing) DayNational Park(ing) Day Partnered with ArtsPartnered with Arts
OrganizationOrganization Held call for artistsHeld call for artists Ideal morphing into Ideal morphing into
ParkletsParklets
Events
Other ideasOther ideas Tampa Bay Bike Co-opTampa Bay Bike Co-op
Criterium and FestivalCriterium and Festival
Bike Valet at eventsBike Valet at events
Events
Karen Kress, AICP, [email protected]